CVE-2018-25215 (GCVE-0-2018-25215)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-03-26 13:24 – Updated: 2026-03-26 18:25
VLAI
Title
Excel Password Recovery Professional 8.2.0.0 Local Buffer Overflow DoS
Summary
Excel Password Recovery Professional 8.2.0.0 contains a local buffer overflow vulnerability that allows attackers to cause a denial of service by supplying an excessively long string to the 'E-Mail and Registrations Code' field. Attackers can paste a crafted payload containing 5000 bytes of data into the registration field to trigger a crash when the Register button is clicked.
Severity
6.8 (Medium)
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
5.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Date Public
2018-12-15 00:00
Credits
Achilles
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